Stansberry Dies After Sudden Heart Attack at 62
Ward J. Stansberry 62 of Rt 4 died suddenly of a heart attack at 4 30 a m He was a lifelong farmer and member of a local Methodist church Born in TaylorCounty on June 6 1882 he was the son of the late Wesley C and England Stansberry Surviving are two brothers and two sisters William A Stansberry of New York Warder Harry at home Mrs O E of Salisbury NC Mineral arrangements were incomplete today
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Ward J. Stansberry
Rt. 4
Taylor County
Wesley C
England Stansberry
William A. Stans
New York
Warder Herry
O. E
Salisbury
North
Record Run Of Mail Noted At Grafton Post Office
Grafton post office staff faced a record rush of cancelled mail from December 13 to 20 totaling 114,914 pieces. In addition to mail, a steady stream of packages moved through busy hands, with American Express and B&O station reports signaling a record freight and parcel run.
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Grafton
Hanlea
American Ee Express
Funeral services for Mrs Alice Hauser in Knottsville Friday
Funeral services for 71 year old Mrs. Alice Barbary Hauser of Knottsville will be held Friday afternoon at 2 30 from her home. The Rev B Hart of Huntington will officiate with interment in Knottsville cemetery. She was a longtime Knottsville Methodist church worker. Surviving are husband R 8 Hauser two children Ray W Hauser and Mrs Ocean H Austin one brother Hall Wolfe and three grandchildren Alice Neil and Edward Austin. Born June 16 1873 in Knottsville to Daniel and Matilda Wolfe.
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Alice Barbary Hauser
Knottsville
B. Hart of
Huntington
Bartlett Funeral Home
R. 8. Hauser
Ray W. Hauser
Ocean H. Austin
Hall Wolfe
Webster
Alice Austin
Neil Austin
Edward,Austin
Daniel and
Matilda Knotts Wolfe
Most and Best Profiles Shift to Infantry in War
General Lear notes a shift as top officers favor ground forces. He recalls 1942 when ground forces were defensive and manpower was reversed. Now replacement calls rise with combat abroad and casualties near half a million. A silkworm moth facts and spinach origin appear as non sequiturs.
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Lear
Funeral services for Samuel N. George Saturday at 2
Funeral services for Samuel N. George of 135 High Street will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the family home, with Rev. Lois Luzader and Rev. P. H. McKain officiating. Interment will be in Woodsdale Cemetery. He passed away suddenly yesterday morning from a heart attack. He was born April 7, 1893, in the city, a boilermaker with AB&O, member of Boilermakers Union, AF and AM No. 75, and United Brethren Church. Survived by widow Ada Baugh and children Winifred Numan of Grafton, Lewis W. George in the U.S. Army in Europe, Sgt. Richard George in France, Louise Bell of Baltimore, Shirley George of Baltimore, Barbara Jean and James Samuel at home, sister Catherine Klepfel of Grafton, and half-sister Iva Kelley of Grafton.
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Samuel N. George
High Street
Lois Luzader
P. H. McKain
Woodsdale
Bartlett Funeral
Abraham
Winifred Lambert George
Boilermakers Union
United Brethren Church
Ada Baugh
Winifred Numan
Grafton
Pic
Lewis W. George
United States Army
Europe
Richard George
France
Louise Bell
Baltimore
Shirley George
Barbara Jean
James Samuel
Catherine Klepfel
Iva Kelley
Linnaeus Built Flower Clock From Blooming Flowers
The Swedish botanist Linnaeus devised a flower clock that told time by the opening and closing of blossoms.
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Linnaeus
B&O News Briefs Highlight Holiday Traffic Surge
The Baltimore and Ohio expects heavy military furlough travel and civilian use during Christmas, with rail sections already carrying record passenger volume. Holiday tickets show increases over 1943 as Defense Transportation rules reserve extra sections for military needs. Payrolls will be accelerated so employees receive pay before December 22. observation and coach-lounge cars will feature Christmas decorations and wreaths to add seasonal spirit.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Office of Defense Transportation
B&o
B&O Ends Christmas Tree Tradition in War Years
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad discontinued the custom of placing Christmas trees in observation cars during the first year of wartime. Mail and express service will still run despite baggage car shortages from government requisitioning, aided by steel freight cars and burlap mail bags to pack and move mail. Several blood transfusions occurred in 1666.
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B&o
Public Responds to Legion Drive for Soldier Gifts
Taylor county citizens and merchants answered the call for Gifts To The Yanks Who Gave. Commander Edgar T. McKee reports a strong overall response with 411 packages received and more to come. Late gifts arrived after the original deadline of December 17 to be sent to distribution centers today.
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American Legion
Taylor County
Edgar T. McKee
Card of Thanks for Hiram F. Orr’s Death
The Orr family extends heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation to the Rev. J. B. Staley, relatives, friends and neighbors for kindness and expressions of sympathy at the death of husband and father Hiram Francis Orr. Mrs. Laura Orr and family.
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J. B. Staley
Hiram Francis Orr
Laura Or
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